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Funny non-IT Uses of UML?

Posted by Cliff on from the bet-the-spec-writers-never-thought-of-these-uses dept.

_pruegel_ asks: "Most people will (if at all) use UML for documentation of software projects. Others come up with non-IT uses like writing poems. Now, I came up with some sort of collaboration diagram for The O.C. (as of episode 2.09). What funny or not so funny but non-IT uses for UML have you found?"

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  1. Not strictly UML but... by Sklivvz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Ok, it's a flowchart, but it documents the recipe for making tomato sauce. :-)

    http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/cecconi/articles/2413.a spx

    Have fun!

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  2. Argh by FullMetalAlchemist · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I understand the desire to use visual modeling tools, but I have a hard time understanding why UML is the standard that everyone uses; man, it sucks ass.

    It was inconsistent; to the point that it was actually umbigous, in version 1 and a few dot-releases. So it couldn't be checked by a parser.

    Some claim that UML and EER have 1:1 mapping, and while that isn't strictly true the EER is not the answear we're looking for.

    So, to the point; does anyone know of a visual modeling language that isn't inconsistent and more than 600 pages in the basic spec?